Jamaica

The Four Blocks Approach: Supporting Balanced Literacy Development

Submitted by Alesia on Oct 14, 2011 05:29 am

Academic Leaders used the Four Blocks Approach to ensure that students improved their literacy skills during the intensive five weeks of Camp Summer Plus (CSP). This approach was developed by literacy experts Dr. Patricia Cunningham and Dr. Dorothy Hall, along with first grade teacher Margaret DeFree in North Carolina in 1989. It has two guiding principles:

Technology Integration at Camp Summer Plus 2011

Submitted by katherine on Oct 14, 2011 04:40 am

Technology integration is the use of technology resources – computers, cameras, CD-ROMs, software applications, the Internet, tape recorders, and overhead projectors – in daily classroom practice and in the management of the school.  This was one of the strategies used by Camp Summer Plus 2011 to help the students make small, meaningful steps towards improving their numeracy and literacy skills.Effective infusion of technology is achieved when students are able to select technology tools to help them find information in a timely manner, analyze and synthesize it, and present it in an accept

Making Mathematics Straightforward

Submitted by Alesia on Oct 5, 2011 14:40 pm

During Camp Summer Plus 2011, children were taught concepts such as shapes, fractions, addition, subtraction, and measurement. Teachers ensured that instruction used relevant experiences to make it easier for students to grasp the concepts. Therefore, creative classroom activities and “manipulatives” were used to make mathematics more true to life and less abstract.The usefulness of manipulativesManipulatives refer to items that aid the learning process by providing students with visible models that help them to solve problems and learn concepts.

Camp Summer Plus 2011: A Holistic Way to Stem Under Achievement

The USAID/Jamaica Basic Education Project-funded Camp Summer Plus (CSP) 2011 took a holistic approach to the issue of academic underachievement by focusing on all aspects of the issue: nutrition, academics, creativity, and social climate.

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Shortwood Teachers' College
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18° 2' 45.6432" N, 76° 47' 4.2864" W
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The Mico Research Day 2011

Submitted by Alesia on Sep 26, 2011 10:29 am

Theme: Creating research paradigms for social transformationOn November 1, 2011, The Mico University College will be holding its 175 anniversary Research Day. It seeks to provide a forum for academic researchers, educators, educational administrators and related practitioners to share their research and experience.The Mico Research Day 2011's objectives include:

A nation of 'faux' English speakers

Submitted by Alesia on Sep 19, 2011 14:12 pm

Dear Editor,It is time that we acknowledge that the vast majority of Jamaicans are not native speakers of English, in the linguistic sense, as native competence is acquired in the home from one's earliest years and is used both to receive and convey information to members of one's family and community.In Jamaica, we see a wholly different phenomenon in which there is a dominant language used in media/braodcasting, business and by the judiciary (in formal court proceedings and so on), while another is the norm for everyday interactions within families, among friends, among colleagues and eve

USAID to evaluate Camp Summer Plus

Submitted by Alesia on Jul 21, 2011 17:03 pm

By ALECIA SMITH, JIS ReporterKINGSTON — Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Karen Hilliard, says the agency will evaluate the Camp Summer Plus 2011 programme to assess its effectiveness, after it closes.The specialised programme, which runs July 11 to August 22, is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Education and USAID, and is geared at raising educational achievement levels among low performing students at the Grade Three level.

Caribbean Child Research Conference 2011

Submitted by administrator on Jul 18, 2011 14:42 pm

The Caribbean Child Research Conference gives children and adults researching children's issues the opportunity to present their findings to the region. The 2011 conference will be held from October 19-20 in Jamaica and will consist of three research elements surrounding the theme: Promoting Child Rights with Equity: Our Children in Post-Independence Times.Please note the dealines for the following:

EduFocus #4: Improving literacy the Lyssons Primary way: The quality of teachers and leadership matters

Submitted by Alesia on Jul 13, 2011 09:03 am

Ena Barclay, Principal of Lyssons Primary School, is animated and passionate. She has explained the reasons for the success of her school very plainly. Lyssons Primary is one of the most successful primary schools in Jamaica because it has always had strong leaders, high expectations for both students and teachers, and highly motivated and committed teachers.

EduFocus #3: Reading by age 6? See how 12 British Schools made it happen!

Submitted by Alesia on Jul 13, 2011 06:48 am

The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) has released a comprehensive report which examines the practices of 12 nursery and primary schools which have had above average success in enabling their year 2 students to read at the appropriate level.The information was collected as part of the inspection process in the UK and involved classroom observation and interviews with head teachers. The report noted that these successful schools shared a number of characteristics.  These shared features include:

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